Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

Just got my annual performance review at work.

I'm getting $1/hr raise, yo. Woop woop!

For the past month I've dealt with a war happening on the other side of the world, multiple states passing anti-LGBT legislation, and my stepdad's mom dying. And then on Sunday I found out an online friend put out a suicide note online and vanished.

I don't tend to bring up reality too much to this silly internet forum but I'm so exhausted.

@kkslider5552000
I would rather being LGBT peoples but still being nice with other peoples rather than being puritans who condemned other peoples for having different religion or different sexual orientation.

@MarioLover92 Thanks for the best wishes man! Also for letting everyone know about the bundle

@Sunsy O' course! Awesome matches with you and @MarioLover92!! We gotta hit the new courses and do some battles

@WoomyNNyes Yea for sure!! It'd be super fun if we can all play together, so long as I dont come in last lol. One of my buddies we played with on RL, Pasta, just got a Switch and MK8D. I'll try to get him to hop on as well ^^! I think I actually played a bit of RL that weekend too xD.

@Tyranexx Glad you've enjoyed Xenoblade Chronicles 2 thoroughly! I do wonder how you'll feel about your visit to the Golden Country. I really love the emotional moments in 2, the characters and cutscenes are done so well. Hearing Shulk's line before killing Zanza, while Rex concludes his monologue as well, with drifting soul playing in the background, perfection! Also, I feel like we talked a little about this last time, but the way the world came about from the past world being remade into this new world, connecting Morytha the bottom to the very top, Elysium is such a mind-warping cutscene albeit longwinded lol. Also, lmao, gotta agree with your criticisms especially the cold gravy part lmao. On another note.. XC3 T^T.. I cant wait!

Hey does anyone know a thing or two about sound bars? My dad got a sound bar, but he had trouble using it, and he actually offered it to me. I got to test it out on my TV and it does work. At least on stereo. I tried getting surround sound to work, but to no avail - I tried OPT, AUX, and ARC. If it helps, it's a 2.0CH sound bar. It may not even be capable of surround, but I thought I'd ask anyway. Apologies for my relative lack of audio knowledge. But I will say, it's still a massive upgrade from my TV's built-in speakers!

@tekoii Yeah no problem! I don't think I got any other replies about that though. I have the MK8D DLC so we can play on the new courses together.

@tekoii
Psst...
Dance Dance Revolution A3 is already out since last Thursday.

That was a really good day. Friend who moved away was in town and visited, so we spent the day gaming and took a trip to the store. Played a bunch of racing games, Puyo Puyo Tetris 2, and some older games like Sonic Advance 3 co-op and Shadow the Hedgehog's battle mode.

@MarioLover92 Yup, though I did try some of the tracks today, my friend who visited bought the DLC, he totally forgot it came out today. So we played some of the courses on his Switch. Will do one day I will. Just got to remember where Isabelle is hiding, lol. She's probably off watching her shows going on about her TV watching habit, lol (I know she's a plush, but those moments always stand out when booting up New Horizons).

It was good deal, two amiibos and a game for $6. Amiibo Festival isn't like Mario Party, it relies heavily on Animal Crossing amiibo, but still it was a good deal Isabelle and Digsby as amiibo, and I can use them on Switch.

@tekoii Indeed, though I may wait a bit before buying the DLC. My birthday is next month and I'm hoping for an eShop card to get the DLC when the day comes. I did try some of the tracks today, a friend who moved away visited and he got the new DLC and had his Switch with him.

@kkslider5552000 Sorry to hear that. I hope this silly forum can bring you some comfort at least.

Busy weekend, but I have time for replies while I wait for my mopped floors to dry lol.

@Sunsy Yep, most mainline Pokemon games from Gen 2 onward have used time to help fuel some events. Though in G/S/C and the Gen 3 games you had to set the clock manually since the GB/GBC/GBA didn't have a built-in clock. I used to dread the "The internal battery has run dry" messages in the Gen 3 games....The game could still be played, but clock-based events (not many, thankfully) couldn't be used correctly.

@MarioLover92 My sleep has still been improving, though I'll certainly bring it up when I go to the doctor next. That animation isn't bad at all, but the voice acting...I agree, it's pretty bad lol. The original VA of Ash in the Pokemon series pulled off "young boy" much better than that actress. As for Dr. Light...One of the comments under that video killed me:

"This voice acting deserves more appreciation. People don't realize how hard it is to sound like you're drunk AND eating a sandwich."

I played New Super Mario Bros. a few years after its release, though before any of the other "New" titles. I quite enjoyed it, though after New Super Mario Bros. U (The Wii U version), I realized those Mario platformers played things a bit too safe. I didn't dislike NSMBU by any means - quite the opposite! - but it didn't wow me enough to want to play the Wii or 3DS entries.

@tekoii Yep, that cutscene where Shulk and Rex's speeches are both going on at almost the same time, in different universes no less, was pretty powerful. I suspected we were dealing with the shell of an earlier civilization once the group reached Morytha, but I wasn't sure I bought the rumors that it was originally The Architect's world until the game spelled out that conclusion. I originally thought Alrest was another universe that had been generated thanks to Klaus's actions, which (in a way) is still correct. But unlike the world of XC1/DE, Alrest was built on the remains of Klaus's actual world. Yep, XC2 is still a very good game, though its flaws are more apparent than the other two Xenoblades IMO. I'm looking forward to XC3 as well, though it might not be day one. That'll depend in part when it releases in September since my Octobers tend to be pretty busy; I do game during that time, though I prefer shorter, less meaty games around then.

@Anti-Matter Ohh nice!! But isn't there some weird form of getting new songs and what not? Still glad to see DDR in 2022. Hmmm... also love the Scarlet and Violet artwork form a while back!

@Sunsy Me too actually. Since I will mostly play online, I won't be needing the DLC for quite some time. Awh awesome mega early on the Happer Birtday XD. Ohh nice how're you liking the new ones you've played so far? I can't try them till I stream MK8D... need to have that initial reaction. Would be awesome having you guys play with me when I do go live

@Tyranexx Yea, the cutscenes get me everytime lol. Ahh right, time flies we'll be back to asking about your Haunted escapades in no time! But for once, please time fly by to September lmao. I just need some more Xenoblade in my life. Kirby and MK8D, and some PC stuff should hold me occupied for a bit. I totally hear you on the shorter games especially for my livestreams now. It awesome playing multiple games in the time it takes to complete one long one, allows me to diversify my experiences

@MarioLover92 Ahh... all good, as long as people knew about it, its chill Nice dude... I want to play them but self-imposed obligations say not yet XD. But you know it's on... once I'm ready. 😠😀 Gotta get @WoomyNNyes on it too, course!

Maybe it'd do for the winter game, then, @Tyranexx .... ?

@tekoii
DDR A3 started by 9 new Konami original songs + 1 new Extra Stage song but NO new licensed songs so far. I found from remywiki, there will be 3 licensed songs on DDR A20 (Vocaloid songs) get removed by 18 April 2022. Not really big deal for me as I'm not really interested with Vocaloid songs.

More multiplayer gaming today, friend had no plans today so he came over for some gaming. We played Sonic Battle, Team Sonic Racing, more of the Mario Kart DLC on his Switch, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, and Starlink.

@Tyranexx I get that message in Emerald everytime now. I still play it, even if the clock based event no longer work. I'm also thankful for Gold on 3DS, I have a copy of Gold with a completely dead battery.

@tekoii Thanks, it isn't until early April. It's on April 7th, so you can imagine the next day being a big Sonic fan, lol. I like them all, friend came back today and we played the Mario Kart DLC and raced on all the tracks. That would be pretty cool.

@Sunsy Oh nice! So you got a taste of the DLC. How are you liking it? I pretty much got enough practice on the new courses, and I so want to play them online now. Kinda weird that we can't play them online outside of private rooms until the 22nd, but ok. Gotcha, yeah she's probably watching a whole lotta shows - I wonder what Isabelle's favorite series are! You'll probably want to ask her, I'm curious. lol

@Tyranexx That'd be good to do, yeah. Yeah totally, it's been a really long time since I saw the Pokemon anime, but yeah, Ash definitely sounded like a young boy. Wasn't he voiced by a female as well? I know that in Sonic X and some Sonic games, Tails had a voice actress.

Yeah, the New Super Mario Bros. games do tend to play things safe, they all play very similarly to each other. You could pretty much get by playing just one or two of the games, and not miss out on much. I'd be more excited to play SMB3, SMW, and a lot of the 3D Mario games, but I do play the NSMB games from time to time.

@tekoii Yeah whenever you're ready! That'd be cool to play you, Sunsy, and @WoomyNNYes as well.

(Insert "I'm still around, just busy" meme here)

Seriously though,
I just wanted to let you guys know that I'm okay, and have been doing well over the last few months (I think it's been close to 5 months, IIRC).
I'm sorry if I have made any of you guys concerned or worried about me, because of the fact that I just dropped the face of the Earth, I mean... Nintendo Life. I've just been very busy, and the little time I have had, it's been doing my other hobbies (or when I was in the process of writing responses, I got pulled away to do something else), so I'm sorry for not responding sooner to your all's messages, or even just sending a quick check-in message every once in a while.

I'm not sure when I'll reply to messages sent to me from a few months ago, and I'm not sure if I will reply to all of them. Don't worry, it's not that any of you did anything wrong, I just feel that most of you have probably forgotten the replies you sent me back in October of 2021 (Yikes!). I hope I'm not coming off as rude or mean. I might reply to some of the longer replies, but if anyone wants to specifically respond to their previous responses, please let me know. I'm not sure when I'll reply to any previous messages, I just figured I should do a check-in message, since I have a bit more time, as I will be on Spring Break this upcoming week, so I'll have a bit more time than usual.

I hope that everyone is doing well.

@MarioLover92 Got a taste? Friend came back today as he had no plans, we played them all. Loved them. Though, for some reason, Choco Mountain felt different to me. Not sure why. I do not mean that in a bad way either. Yeah, I'll be surprise to see how it works once they can be played outside the rooms. I oddly remember the DLC option in the original Mario Kart 8 on Wii U now.

Whatever she's watching, we all know one thing, she's gonna go on about it when we boot up Animal Crossing and get that morning announcement.

@MPSSislit Don't worry about it, IRL stuff happens. I'm doing good myself. Friend who moved away came over and we did some gaming. Thought of you recently, been watching the Ninjala anime on YouTube. They been posting episodes every week.

@Sunsy Yeah I loved them too! It's a pretty solid set of courses overall. I was pretty surprised that the cars near the end of Coconut Mall are now stationary instead of moving back and forth, but otherwise, it's the same track we know and love. Yeah, Choco Mountain is a bit different from how it was in Mario Kart 64, there's now a cavern section when you get to the tunnel, and a glider section afterward. I think they changed it like that since there's this massive skip you could do in 64, where right at the beginning, you'd skip like a third of the track with a mushroom boost at just the right angle.

It's actually different in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's online. If you're matched up with at least one player who got the DLC, you'll get a chance to play the DLC tracks. Of course, you'll have a better chance of playing them once you get the DLC for yourself. That's actually cool they did that, so anyone can try them out - when they're lucky of course.

I was pleasantly surprised by the Mario Kart Tour tracks, I love how a couple of them change up the routes! The way that Paris Promenade makes you go backwards on the final lap is really cool, and I love the whole Paris theme too. I actually like the music, it's really pretty!

Yep, that is very true. She's quite the talkative one! lol

Edit: Whoops, I didn't read your later post when I posted, my bad. I tend to just read the posts that mention me. Sorry about that.

@MPSSislit It's all good. I'm not upset at all, I tend to get very busy at times as well. Glad to hear you're doing ok, I'm doing well myself! What kind of other hobbies do you like if you don't mind me asking? Just curious.

Sorry everyone, I’ve been pretty dormant lately. It’s due to a few things. First, saw the Bahrain Grand Prix, and witnessed a new age for Formula One. Fantastic to see live as well as spending time at the track. I think I may have caught something from someone in the crowd, because I’ve had a pretty bad cold the last three or four days. My nose had been blocked and not much is helping…

But yeah, I hope everyone is well, and that everyone’s staying healthy at the moment. We shouldn’t forget we’re still in a pandemic despite news focusing on Ukraine. @Tyranexx I’ll find time as usual to reply properly but I’m sorry about your recent sleep troubles. Best thing I can offer is to take a deep breath and refocus every now and then. It helps.

@TheJGG Just watched the race. Yeah, pretty crazy with how the redbull cars performed(or didn't).

@TheJGG Were you at the actual track? Where did you sit?